Uncle Sam's birthday July 4th 1776-1918 142 years young and going strong! – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Uncle Sam's birthday July 4th 1776-1918 142 years young and going strong!, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Uncle Sam's birthday July 4th 1776-1918 142 years young and going strong!
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Uncle Sam marks his 142nd birthday, counted from 1776, in this 1918 color lithograph advertising United Cigars. Commercial advertisers during the First World War often borrowed patriotic symbols like Uncle Sam to tie their products to the war effort and to home-front morale, and the Fourth of July offered a natural occasion for such messages. The poster's playful picture of the nation as an aging but vigorous figure reflects the wartime effort to keep citizens united and energized. Such posters show how wartime culture blended commerce, patriotism, and public persuasion.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 85 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | United Cigars. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. Fourth of July celebrations--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,750 × 4,657 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 997_Uncle_Sams_birthday_Jul_1918 |
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